Retidrillia pruina
| Retidrillia pruina | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae [1] |
| Genus: | Retidrillia |
| Species: | R. pruina |
| Binomial name | |
| Retidrillia pruina (Watson, 1881) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Retidrillia pruina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[2]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 21 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean off the Azores and Massachusetts, USA; in the Gulf of Mexico.
References
- ↑ Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
- 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Retidrillia pruina (Watson, 1881). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=832443 on 2015-02-05
- McLean J. H. (2000). Four new genera for northeastern Pacific gastropods. The Nautilus. 114: 99-102.
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